Guardians of the Galaxy Animated Series Cast Members Revealed

Disney has begun announcing the voice cast for its Guardians of the Galaxy animated series, coming to Disney XD. We'll be updating this story through the week as more cast members are revealed.

UPDATE (2/19): James Arnold Taylor, known for everything from playing Obi-Wan on Star Wars: The Clone Wars to Ratchet in the Ratchet & Clank games, will voice two characters on Guardians; Yondu and Cosmo. While Yondu is well known to fans of the Guardians film, Cosmo is a bit more obscure - though he was seen in the movie, as the fleeing dog who was part of the Collector's collection. And yes, Cosmo is Russian and yes, he can talk!

Gamora will be voiced by Vanessa Marshall. Marshall can currently be heard as the voice of Hera in Star Wars Rebels, and her prolific career includes plenty of superhero related projects, including The Spectacular Spider-Man (as Mary Jane), Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (as Black Widow) and Young Justice (as Black Canary).

UPDATE (2/18): Drax will be voiced by David Sobolov. Sobolov's many credits game and animation credits include Halo 4, Transformers Prime, Young Justice and Injustice: Gods Among Us (he voiced Lobo in the latter two). He's been the go-to guy for Drax in Marvel animation of late, having voiced the character in Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of SMASH.

Star-Lord will be voiced by Will Friedle. While well known for playing Eric Matthews on Boy Meets World (a role he'll be reprising in Season 2 of the sequel series, Girl Meets World), Friedle has also amassed an impressive voiceover career, including the title character in Batman Beyond, Lion-O in Thundercats, Bumblebee in Transformers: Prime and Deadpool in Ultimate Spider-Man.

Groot will be played by Kevin Michael Richardson, the company announced today. Richardson has already played a few Marvel animated characters, having voiced various characters for the Ultimate Spider-Man series, and Bishop in Wolverine and the X-Men. He's even voiced Groot for a number of series, including Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-Man.

Rocket Raccoon will be played by Trevor Devall. He has similarly played Marvel characters before, like Cyclops and Captain America. He's also voiced Rocket in in the Ultimate Spider-Man series, so this is turning out to be something of a reunion for the Guardians from that series.